6:00 am Weather Report 23rd October, 2019

Forecasters: Vigil Saltibus & Lemuel O’Shaughnessy  

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with showers and thunderstorms.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with light showers.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26 °C or 79 °F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26 °C or 79 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the south-southeast at 21 mph or 33 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: Trace.               

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 54.7 mm.        

Sunset today: 5:40 pm.         Sunrise tomorrow: 5:56 am.     

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 12:23 pm… Low at 5:21 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 7:02 am… High at 01:30 pm.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave over the Lesser Antilles will continue to generate some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the region during the next 24 hours.

Another tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h and is expected over the region by Friday.

A third tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.